Hello there! I'm around - honestly. Just... busy. Having a life is seriously awkward. But - I have a question: Does anyone know where I could find a Christmas banner? It's almost December and I'd like to decorate! :)
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The central theme of S3 of AtS is 'deception' I think - or maybe 'secrets and lies'. *Everyone* keeps secrets, and usually the outcome is dire. Anyone feel like writing about that in detail is more than welcome! Which is my roundabout way of telling you that AOQ is really coming round to AtS. From his review of 'Tomorrow':
Thoughts on Season Three:
Finally ATS comes into its own. Even with the forays into melodrama and the ill-advised diversions mid-season, Angel had momentum this year and stuck with it. S3 started a bit slow, but episodes like "Billy" and "Lullaby" are a good demonstration of how to build to transitional episodes that can be the belated climax of old stories while starting new ones... a skill that they'd perfected by the time of "Forgiving." I was worried about post-Sahjhan letdown, but Connor's story snapped very effectively into place, while continuing the ATS tradition of being a very inward-looking show, about individuals and angst rather than apocalypse-plurals. It could be argued that the difference compared to S2 is that S3 used more series-specific players and fewer Buffy holdovers, but that's more coincidence than anything else; the Darla arc last year was also something that felt like it could only be done on ATS. But although S2 reached some high peaks, it was hampered at every turn by the show's frustratingly persistent inability to properly resolve the fascinating stories it set up; I remember S2 just as much for disappointments like "Redefinition" and its immediate follow-ups, "Epiphany," and of course Pylea. Not so much of that in the final third of this season - and this time it's really the final third that dominates my perceptions of S3, since the period from "Loyalty" on is easily the best continuous run in ATS's lifetime.
Me? I've been mostly squeeing over Wesley... *deeeeep sigh* (And you should all watch here by Luminosity! Go!)
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And finally... I've got a new plot bunny! I'll blame it on![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
germaine_pet, although the other S/A shippers on my flist can also claim responsibility if they want. It's the sequel to 'Maybe Someday' - Spike, Angel and Illyria trying to defeat the Senior Partners - which I've been avoiding because I suck at plot and didn't have a clue how to proceed. Well now I do - only the big main outlines, but I can see how it's supposed to go and I'm itching to write. And it'll have a very definite S/A slant... (not lots of fighting interspersed with sex - actually no sex at all - nor any handholding and Spike won't be calling Angel 'Sire', so probably not recognisably Spangel-y to anyone except me, but... pretty vampires with lots of history!) So, if you don't see me around, it's because I'm trying to finish all my WIPs so I can concentrate on my shiny new bunny!
ETA: I will not be breaking the pretty Spuffy - don't worry!
The central theme of S3 of AtS is 'deception' I think - or maybe 'secrets and lies'. *Everyone* keeps secrets, and usually the outcome is dire. Anyone feel like writing about that in detail is more than welcome! Which is my roundabout way of telling you that AOQ is really coming round to AtS. From his review of 'Tomorrow':
Thoughts on Season Three:
Finally ATS comes into its own. Even with the forays into melodrama and the ill-advised diversions mid-season, Angel had momentum this year and stuck with it. S3 started a bit slow, but episodes like "Billy" and "Lullaby" are a good demonstration of how to build to transitional episodes that can be the belated climax of old stories while starting new ones... a skill that they'd perfected by the time of "Forgiving." I was worried about post-Sahjhan letdown, but Connor's story snapped very effectively into place, while continuing the ATS tradition of being a very inward-looking show, about individuals and angst rather than apocalypse-plurals. It could be argued that the difference compared to S2 is that S3 used more series-specific players and fewer Buffy holdovers, but that's more coincidence than anything else; the Darla arc last year was also something that felt like it could only be done on ATS. But although S2 reached some high peaks, it was hampered at every turn by the show's frustratingly persistent inability to properly resolve the fascinating stories it set up; I remember S2 just as much for disappointments like "Redefinition" and its immediate follow-ups, "Epiphany," and of course Pylea. Not so much of that in the final third of this season - and this time it's really the final third that dominates my perceptions of S3, since the period from "Loyalty" on is easily the best continuous run in ATS's lifetime.
Me? I've been mostly squeeing over Wesley... *deeeeep sigh* (And you should all watch here by Luminosity! Go!)
And finally... I've got a new plot bunny! I'll blame it on
germaine_pet, although the other S/A shippers on my flist can also claim responsibility if they want. It's the sequel to 'Maybe Someday' - Spike, Angel and Illyria trying to defeat the Senior Partners - which I've been avoiding because I suck at plot and didn't have a clue how to proceed. Well now I do - only the big main outlines, but I can see how it's supposed to go and I'm itching to write. And it'll have a very definite S/A slant... (not lots of fighting interspersed with sex - actually no sex at all - nor any handholding and Spike won't be calling Angel 'Sire', so probably not recognisably Spangel-y to anyone except me, but... pretty vampires with lots of history!) So, if you don't see me around, it's because I'm trying to finish all my WIPs so I can concentrate on my shiny new bunny!ETA: I will not be breaking the pretty Spuffy - don't worry!
